|  | Actors: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten
Studio: HBO Home Video
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  551 reviews
Sales Rank: 90
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 720 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.7 x 1.6
MPN: 1000045477
UPC: 883929048830
EAN: 0883929048830
ASIN: B001FB4W0W
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Fast shipping from CA. USPS Priority Mail Shipping. Still in Plastic Wrap. Very Good Condition. 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
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 Went great! November 7, 2009
M. Kraus
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The set came within the delivery period. Was an authentic set and it cost less than the actual Amazon price. Way to go.
True Blood November 5, 2009
Ramona Westling (Iowa)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Finally - a vampire story for adults that's not as dark as Dracula; instead, it's fun and very sexy!
 Disappointing Adaptation November 4, 2009
Steven Muni (Sutter Creek, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you've never read the Sookie Stackhouse books of Charlaine Harris on which this series is based, the TV series is literally OK. It's an interesting situation (vampires come out of the "coffin" thanks to a synthetic blood that eliminates the need for them to attack humans.)
But for fans of the books, this series is a major disappointment. Not because things are changed somewhat--you expect that in film adaptations--but the changes here are often damaging to the very things that made the books so much fun. Season one, in all of its episodes, deals with the basic plot lines of the first book, "Dead Until Dark".
First of all, in the books the lead character, waitress Sookie Stackhouse has a wonderful, wry, witty and slightly catty sense of humor. She's reasonably smart, gracious, sexy, and lots of fun. That's totally gone here--Sookie as played by Anna Paquin is clueless, slutty, and shrewish--as if the entire series is a depiction of PMS. In the book, although she works as a cocktail waitress, she is definitely a lady. In the series she becomes trampy white trash. In the books, Sookie's grandmother is pictured as an elegant, refined, kind if slightly old-fashioned lady. In the series she dresses like a homeless person and is portrayed as kindly but hardly refined.
Second--a lot of time is devoted to side stories involving minor characters whose characterization has been changed for no apparent reason other than to feature lots of sex and nudity. Sookie's brother Jason is pictured not only as oversexed and not the sharpest tool in the box (as in the book) but as downright stupid, a drug addict and a bigot to boot. And far too much time is spent on his sexual escapades. Sookie's friend Tara becomes a major (and rather unpleasant) character here (as well as changing races). The flamboyantly African-American cook Lafayette (who is portrayed sympathetically in the books) here becomes a dealer of particularly unpleasant drugs. And Sam, Sookie's boss, who is a shape-shifter and a supernatural creature himself, by his unexplained and unreasoning hostility towards the vampires becomes much less sympathetic than in the book for no discernable reason.
Third--there's a lot of gratuitous sex and pointless nudity. The books have some graphic sex scenes in them--but they are all relevant to the plot or the characters. This being HBO, you are treated to lots of naked bodies and simulated sex, regardless of the relevance to the story. While the actors are all very attractive physically, this runs the risk of turning the series into soft-core porn.
So in short--it's OK. But I think you'll enjoy the books more. They are funnier, more exciting and more interesting than the HBO series.
TrueBlood season1 November 3, 2009
M. Castelli (jacksonville, FL)
I am kind of glad I learned about this show late because I was able to watch all the episodes back to back. The only problem now is that Season 2 just ended and now I have to wait all year for Season 3!!! It is wonderfully dark and seductive and additive!!! I am a huge vampire fan to begin with, but my husband is not, and he got just as hooked as I did. After about the 3rd episode, we couldn't wait to watch another. It is David Lynch meets Anne Rice.... truly amazing!!!!
Thank You! November 2, 2009
Pottertosser5 (Georgia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this in great condition and I am hooked from the first episode!! I also saved 20 bucks!!!
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